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STOCK GAR. No. 256,185. Patented Apr. 11.1882.

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HORACE S.WOLFE, OF KALAMAZOO, MIOH., ASSIGNOR or TWO-THIRDS To FRANK w. CORNELL AND CHESTER KELLOGG, BOTH ()F sAME'rhACE.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,185,'dated April 11, 1882.

Application filed February 23, 1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE S. WOLFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo. State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Stock- Oa-r, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stock-cars Which are provided with measuring grain-spouts for delivering the grain from its place of depositin the carinto the teed-troughs; and it also relates to devices for separating the car into stalls or compartments for the stock.

My invention has for its object certain improvements in the parts above mentioned, the novelty and especial utility of which are set iorth in the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspec-' tive View of a portion of a car containing my improvements. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detailed portions of the grain-spout and connections in perspective; Fig. 5, a detached portion of the construction connected wi h stud L in Fig. 1; Figs. 6 and 7, top view of he device for separating the stock; Fig. 8, side view of same ele- .vated; Fig. 9, the same, showing a change in constructing the hinge; and Fig. 10, a crosssection on dotted line 1 2 in Fig. 9.

A A are the grain-spouts, provided with gates D D, similar to those in former constructions. features are as follows:

Heretofore the gates have been operated by a lever arrangement requiring the attention of the operator in both opening and closing them and in alternately emptying and filling the measure portion of the spout A. The principal objections to this plan are loss of time, contingent forgetfulness of the operator to perform both operations, and danger of the gates being accidentally operated. In my combination I employ a spring secured to the car and connecting with the gates in a manner to hold said gates in the position shown in Fig. 1, and to automatically throw them in said position, as explained in the description of the operation. The spring I have adopted is shown at s in Fig. 1. Any style of spring effecting the same function may be employed as well.

My improvements in relation to these For the most practical operation of this con- 1' struction the device for openingand closing the gates D D should be entirely free from all ratchet-connections. To this end I employ a bar pivoted at its center to the car, said bar having arms 0 e, loosely located through perforations in the gates, and having a cord or chain, c, secured to the end of the upper arm and extended horizontally with the car around pulley c, and thence at right angles and connecting witha indlass-shaft, y. Thisshaft has no ratchet-connections, and may be turned by the wheel-head on top in either direction to effect the same result in operating the gates.

The operation of this combinationjis as follows: When desiring to feed the stock, referring to Figs. 1 and 4, supposing the measures 9 g of spouts A'Ato be filled with grain, the operator gives the Windlass y a turn in the direction most convenient, and hastens on to the next car. This action has moved the upper gate to the left and the lower to the right, shutting off the supply of grain from above by bringing orifice at out of spout A and emptying the measure by bringing orifice a into said As soon as the operator releases the 7 spput. windlass after hurriedly giving it a turn, it be ing free from any ratchet connections, the spring 8 immediately throws the gates in their original position, thusautomatically closing the measures and opening the upper end,again 8c base of the spout, causing it to freely and readily flow out of the 'round orifices h h on each side of the spout, whereby all danger of clogging and scattering the'grain is obviated,

and accuracy in feeding the stock is obtained without an undue multiplicity of spouts. v I 5 effect this by dividing the portion of the spout A between gates D D into two compartments,

9 g, by means of a partition, f, Figs. 1 and 4.1

The front inclosure is here removed, showing the internal construction.

This partition is I scent into the respective measures 9 g. Below the lower gate the spout is formed with a base, F, (its pyramidal form being similar to prior constructions) having each of its slanting sides hollowed out, as at m, said concave portions being separated attheirupper end by partition 2. As this partition is very thin, and its upper edgeterminates the converging sides of the base F, thus resembling the beveled edge 2 of partitionf, and as it is located directly beneath the lower end of partition f, close to the intervening gate, it as accurately separates the grain, or rather keeps it separated after it leaves the measures, as a continuous partition would do. The round orifices it h are located in position to deliver grain into troughs located beneath, as in mypalent above referred to.

My improvement in devices for separating the stock consists of a gate adapted to play vertically and swing laterally in an elevated position, in combination with certain novel features of construction,and to be held secure in said position as regards lateral swinging.

B B is the gate, provided with a hingingeye, a, adapted to play vertically on rod 0, and

to turn laterally thereon. Rod 0 is located near a stud of the car-wall, and is provided with a base-block or gate-support, E. The lower end of the hingingeye a is provided with a plate, d, somewhat resembling in form a quarter-see tion of a circular disk, one-half of said plate being located each side of the eye, as in Figs. 6 and 7. A double-lobed rest, 0, is secured to the stud of the car-wall in an elevated position. The plate cl and rest 6 are formed and arranged in such a manner that the former will pass between the lobes of the latter in the vertical movement of the gate, and will play around upon the same when the gate is horizontally swung in either direction. In cases where it is necessary to swing the gates of the car only in one direction the plate and rest may be formed singly.

bis a button pivoted to stud'L of the car. Shoulders are formed on the button to engage projection t, as in Fig. 5, to limit the play of said button in either direction. One button is used at a time, located in proper position for the gate to strike against in closing it when elevated. The other button is turned up, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.5,and is not used unless desiriugfor any cause to swing the gates in the other direction, in which case the other button is turned up out of the way.

n is a channel or recess to receive the gate and hold it in place. The upper end of the channel is made flaring to readily receive the gate, and the lower end is provided with a rest-block, E.

t is a rope secured to the gate, passing over pulleys s and s, and extending downward on the outside of the car, as a means of raising the gates. The gates maybe raised,however, with the driving-poles usually carried by drovers from the outside of the car, thus dispensing with the rope device. Vhen the rope device is not arranged to pull the gate around horizontally with the car after raising it, or when the rope device is not used, the said pole may be used to swing said gates around with.

In loading the car with stock, the gates having all been raised and swung around against the car-wall, the cattle are driven in and distributed with the driving-pole from the outside, and as fast as one is in proper place a gate is swung around by pushing against it with the pole until it strikes the button I), as before explained, when it falls to place between the cattle.

This arrangement of gate devices is very desirable in loading wild cattle, among which it is dangerous to go, as the gates may be conveniently operated from the outside by means of my improvements, guiding the gate, sup porting it, and causing it to automatically throw itself to place after being pushed against by the pole from the outside, as before stated.

1n constructing the gate the hinglng-eye (I, may be formed, if preferred, with frictionwheels 1' r on opposite sides of rod 0, as in Fig. 9.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure is 1-. In a stock-car, the gate provided with the rest-plate at the base of the hinging-eye, the hiuging-rod, the support-plate secured to the car in position to coact with said rest-plate in supporting the gate,and the channel and button secured to the opposite side of the car to guide and receive the gate, all constructed and adapted to operate in combination, s'ubstantially as described.

2. In a stock-car, measuring grain-spouts provided with gates adapted to open and close the measures, and with means, substantially as shown, for operating said gates, the combination of saidparts with a spring connected with the car and gates and adapted to automatically adjust and to hold the gates,all substantially as specified.

3. In astock-car provided with measuring grain-spouts and gates adapted for opening and closing the measures, a spout provided with the partition between the gates, and hav ing either end located closely to said gates, yet detached therefrom, said spout also provided with a base having the hollow channels on each inclined side, and the thin partition terminating the converging'inclines, and located as set forth, all substantially as described and shown.

HORACE S. WOLFE.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. CORNELL, CHESTER KELLOGG.

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